A.W. Lavender papers and photographs, 1890-1892.

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A.W. Lavender papers and photographs, 1890-1892.

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Collection of Capt. A.W. Lavender, Dept. of Interior 1890-1892, St. George Island Sealing Station. The collection includes an 10 x 14 water color of the sealing station at St. George Island, Alaska, by Henry Wood Elliott, 1846-1930, also two 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 pencil drawings by Elliott, were included in the purchase of this collection. They were removed and transferred to that Alaska State Museum. It also includes 32 boudoir-size photographs of Alaskan scenes, plus three larger size Alaskan photographs and numerous letters, documents, relating to the Alaskan adventure of Capt. A.W. Lavender. All items relate to Captain Lavender's command of the sealing station. Items 1, 2, 3 transferred to the Alaska State Museum. Photocopies housed with MS collection. 1. An 10 X 14 water color of the sealing station at St. George Island, Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, 1846-1930. 2. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 pencil on paper, of Capt. Lavender, seated by window in rocking chair holding a fishing rod with kind regards of the artist, H. Elliott, July 29, 1890. 3. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 pencil on paper, The Government House, St. George, Island, for Capt. A.W. Lavender from his friend, the sketch artist H. Elliott, July 25, 1890. The collection also includes the book, Condition of seal life on the rookeries of the Pribilof Islands, 1893-1895, by Charles H. Townsend.

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Alaska State Library

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930

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Illustrator. From the description of Henry Wood Elliott drawings, [ca 1871]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403874 ...

Lavender, A. W.

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Captain Lavender was a native South Dakotan who was in command of the sealing station for the U.S. Treasury, Dept. of the Interior, at St. George Island, Alaska in early 1890's. From the description of A.W. Lavender papers and photographs, 1890-1892. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 424512221 ...

Townsend, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944

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